Learn about one of the most famous composers (and one of the first musicians to be known by only one name), Ludwig van Beethoven, in this biography of his life.

Martin Luther King Jr. is honored as one of the key leaders in the civil rights movement. Students will read his biography and find text evidence to support or refute some statements before completing a short writing activity.

Introduce young learners to Junko Tabei, the first woman to climb Mount Everest and all of the Seven Summits, with this worksheet.

Children are introduced to Amelia Boynton Robinson, a civil rights activist who got her start at a young age accompanying her mother as she registered African Americans to vote.

A key component of reading comprehension is being able to draw conclusions—or make inferences—about what we read. Use this resource to give your students extra practice making their own inferences based on simple sentences.

Can a frog really swallow quail shot? Explore exaggeration with this reading exercise on Mark Twain's "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County."

Encourage students to make inferences by combining what they learn from a text with their own background knowledge.

This graphic organizer will encourage your students to put together all the pieces of a strong inference and help them practice reading comprehension skills.

Read this shortened version of the Momotaro story, then think about what makes a true hero, both in a fairytale and in real life.

Located on the National Mall in Washington D.C. the Lincoln Memorial honors our 16th president.

Did you know that people used to write whole books by hand? Learn about Gutenberg's printing press, an invention that revolutionized book-making.

Use this handy concept web to teach your students about ways to interact with text, including text-to-self, text-to-text, and text-to-world connections that can help deepen their understanding of what they read.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Character Actions and Emotions.

Good readers make inferences using story details and their own background knowledge to figure out information that isn't provided by the author. Help your students practice making inferences using quotes from their reading with this graphic organizer.

Readers practice analyzing a character in a work of fiction as they read a passage from L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

Students will draw conclusions about texts by combining what they learn from a text and their background knowledge.

In this retelling of The Crystal Heart, a Vietnamese folk tale, kids will put themselves in the shoes of the main character and write a simple song!

Practice describing a character’s emotion based on actions.

Use this graphic organizer to help guide your students through the process of drawing inferences.

Explore characters in literature by getting inside of the most famous Alice in Wonderland character's head: Alice herself.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Steps to Make an Inference.

Use this exercise to evaluate a fiction text and support judgments with evidence.

In this inventive graphic organizer, children will fill in speech and thought bubbles to show how a character's words and thoughts reveal their traits.

Read through this version of The Crane Wife and answer comprehension questions along the way.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Steps to Make an Inference.

Not all reading comprehension questions are created equal: some are easily answered by reading the text, while others require looking beyond the text to make inferences. This worksheet teaches students how to ask both kinds of questions as they read.

Evidence + reasoning = an inference! This helpful tool will help your students add up the pieces to make strong inferences as they read.

Use this passage as an opportunity to work on reading comprehension, and explore Aunt Em's character inside and out.

Learn about these grassland biomes, then discover some fun facts about their animal inhabitants as you complete a matching activity.

Ever wonder about those mysterious crop circles that show up in fields across the world? Engage in a fun conversation about this interesting type of geoglyph.